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ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Saigon Newport Company (SNP), Vietnam has awarded Cargotec a contract for a further six all-electric Kalmar E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, destined for the 1st phase of its Tan Cang-Cai Mep International…

23rd November 2009

Six electric RTG’s to Vietnam

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The customer is king is a mantra that has suddenly taken on new meaning for crisis-struck port chief executives.

23rd November 2009

Keeping the customers sweet

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Over half of the study participants confirmed that the recession has pushed them to reach out to their customers to more fully and proactively explore their needs, surface and explore underlying the…

23rd November 2009

Crisis soundbites

23rd November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The EFFORTS research project is intended to permit ports to strengthen their role as environmental protagonists and to improve trust of near-by residents

23rd November 2009

Making EFFORTS to be good neighbours

23rd November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

At the Royal Haskoning Green Ports Conference in mid-October, port authorities, terminal operators and environmental managers met to discuss whether ports can maintain their environmental strategies in the current recession. Millie Clive-Smith…

23rd November 2009

Can ports be ‘green’ in a recession?

23rd November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

In a festive award ceremony Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH was presented the Crane of the Year award for its LHM 280 at the Beurs van Berlage, in Amsterdam. The event, organised by the…

23rd November 2009

Crane of the Year award for Liebherr’s LHM 280

23rd November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg, a pioneer of shoreside power, is continually striving to reinforce its green strategy with important initiatives, including the introduction of gas recycling systems and the launch of its…

22nd November 2009

Gothenburg goes even greener

22nd November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Belgian port of Zeebrugge has bucked the downturn to post a volume increase of 1.5% for the first three quarters of this year.

22nd November 2009

Traffic up at Zeebrugge

22nd November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A Siwertell coal unloader ordered to discharge coal in Porto do Itaqui, Brazil, offers environmental, technical, and efficiency benefits.

22nd November 2009

Siwertell coal unloader for Itaqui

22nd November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Galveston hosted the 98th AAPA Convention during the last week of October just over a year after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas port city of Galveston, sinking the city’s…

22nd November 2009

Galveston re-builds for the future

22nd November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

ABPmer and BMT ARGOSS are working on a European Space Agency-funded project to provide earth observation-based monitoring services to support Vessel Traffic Management systems

22nd November 2009

Managing port vessel traffic using earth observation technology

22nd November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Auramarine Ltd, a leading manufacturer of heavy fuel oil supply systems and other auxiliary units for marine and power station engines is now applying its wide ranging experience in liquid flows to…

21st November 2009

Auramarine new ballast water treatment systems

21st November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Carly Fields finds that more weight should be given to the psyches of port chief executives in troubled times

20th November 2009

All in the mind

20th November 2009

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Maritime experts from the African continent will meet in Durban, South Africa on the 10th and 11th of December for the 35th African Ports and Maritime Conference which will chart ways of…

20th November 2009

African Ports Conference in December

20th November 2009

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Liebherr has acquired a strategically important order in the Indian market.

19th November 2009

Liebherr continues to grow in India

19th November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Transponder technology is being used to assess emissions by seagoing vessels in the Rotterdam area. Rinkje Molenaar1, Kees van der Tak2 and Jan Hulskotte3 explain how the technology works

19th November 2009

Emission assessment using auto-ID

19th November 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports and terminals are under growing pressure to meet the needs ofincreased container traffic, hold down costs and meet heightenedsecurity needs, says Hi-Tech Solutions.

19th November 2009

Gate bottlenecks / Hi-Tech Solutions

19th November 2009

ASIA

ASIA

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19th November 2009

JN quay extension abandoned

19th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

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19th November 2009

Venice authority responds to Peril report

19th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Callao, the largest container port on the west coast of the continent, is set to open April 2010 - a year ahead of schedule.

19th November 2009

Peru Muelle Sur terminal to open early

19th November 2009